Services
The Pediatric Epilepsy Advanced Technologies Clinic (PEATC) is a specialty concierge clinic at the Washington University Pediatric Epilepsy Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. PEATC offers the highest level of care for children and young adults with treatment-resistant epilepsy providing support and resources to improve quality of life and seizure management through reduction or elimination of seizures.
- We offer a dedicated nurse navigator who serves as the main point of contact for referring physicians as well as families to guide them through the outpatient evaluation smoothly and efficiently.
- We employ sophisticated tests & procedures which help us learn more about the child’s seizures, leading to treatments more likely to be beneficial.
- We have experience using a variety of advanced technologies with the goal to reduce or eliminate seizures in the patients we serve.
Non-invasive diagnostic tests
- EEG-Video
- MRI
- PET/MRI
- SPECT with autoinjector
- High Density EEG
- Functional MRI
- Genetic evaluation and testing
Invasive diagnostic tests
- Robot-assisted stereotactic EEG (sEEG)
- Subdural electrode recording (grids and strips)
- Wada test
Epilepsy surgeries
- Resections
- Lesionectomies
- Hemispherotomies
- Disconnections
- Corpus callosotomies
- Traditional open surgery
- Minimally invasive laser ablation
- Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
Neuromodulation
- Vagus nerve stimulator (VNS)
- Responsive neurostimulation (RNS)
- Deep brain stimulator (DBS)
Dietary therapies
- Ketogenic diet
- Modified Atkins diet
- Low-glycemic index diet